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I am not a great fan of Raj Kapoor, despite being aware of his great contribution to Indian cinema. Without any perceptible cause for...

The third anniversary of this blog finds me in the unique position of being free to spend my time as I please. In August of 2023 I handed...

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” — W. Somerset Maugham...

I recently heard someone bemoaning the fact that the RK Studios no longer exist. That put me in mind of another institution that had...

So, Afghanistan is back in the hands of the Taliban and the world watched in terror and pity as the Afghans succumbed once again to an...

* Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. — Satchel Paige I recently turned another year younger (but not...

The habit of procrastination is one that is natural to most people. Self-help manuals and efficiency gurus rail against wasting time —...

Disclaimer: This is not a proper entry. It’s just a rambling, thinking-aloud kind of piece written to disguise the fact that I have...

I was recently reading about Harry Potter and I came upon an opinion expressed in an essay about the quality of teaching at Hogwarts —...

A few days ago I watched an episode of Orville (S1, E3: About a Girl, Airdate: September 21, 2017). Orville is a comedy-drama that...